breaking news out of south ameri America. A powerful 8.12 magnitude earthquake off the coke of Chile just hours ago. The pacific knew samny warning center issued a tsunami warning for Chile and Peru. A warning has been made for Hawaii with a weave expected there between 9:00 and 10:00 A.M. Eastern. People are warned to stay out of the water there. There are confirmed reports of five dead, due either to fallen debris or cardiac arrest. In one city, 300 prisoners escaped. The quakes triggered landslides that blocked roads and there's been a series of aftershocks, just as people were trying to evacuate. Now this ominous question, is this latest quake a Har binger of something larger to come? Stay with ABC news and abcnews.com for the latest on the quake and possible tsunami and we'll bring you an update at the end of "Nightline." Now we turn to a very different story closer to home. It involves a woman named Marris due boys. It's all playing out in the same backdrop as the Jodi Arias case. Will the same strategy work this time? We welcome Ryan smith tonight Li on "Nightline" with our series in "Crime and punishment." So you began having sex the first day you met? Correct. 50i9's like a twisted case of de Ja Vu. A in the same courthouse that convicted Jodi Arias, a jury sf mulling over a case we'rery similarities. That's 36-year-old Marissa dubo Dubois. She's accused of killing her husband with a hammer. She pleaded not guilty, claiming self-defense slapping after years of physical and sexual abuse from her husband.

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